Why was Mal's death anything to do with The Beatles success? I thought he was depressed because his wife had left him, or something like that, and someone called the police because he was threatening to kill himself with a rifle. He pointed the rifle at the police when they arrived and he was shot by them. What's that got to do with The Beatles?

I found the article interesting too and I have to admit it was the first I'd seen of this...Sutcliffe was supposedly kicked in the head in 1960, so it's definitely possible the blow didn't cause his death at all.But even Lewisohn is still writing as fact, as far as I know...He digs everywhere.